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inheriting a state with the largest per capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue, and i had to go in a different direction. actually realizing our gap was too big to cut our way out of it. i went on the road and got heat up. someone had to go on -- got beat up. someone had to go on the road. mad atere a lot of evil me. a lot of folks spending a lot of money to try to defeat the organized effort at school reform, even though they supported certain aspect of it. they might carve out a corner they like, but it was a total picture. someone has to have the discussion. someone has to bring the discussion to the community. demonstrate you mean business. we want to work with them, but we need to change direction. -- failing to properly educate the kids. those are some of the largest school district. you cannot succeed when you are doing that. when you look at connecticut demographically as one of the more rapidly aging states, you are throwing away your opportunities. someone had to say that. i felt that was my job as governor. the lieutenant governor was by my side during those times.
inheriting a state with the largest per capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue, and i had to go in a different direction. actually realizing our gap was too big to cut our way out of it. i went on the road and got heat up. someone had to go on -- got beat up. someone had to go on the road. mad atere a lot of evil me. a lot of folks spending a lot of money to try to defeat the organized effort at school reform, even though they supported certain aspect of it. they might carve out a...
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. >> so deficit or not or maybe especially if we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is red investment for our taxpayers. >> yeah. i was going correct you and say it's not spending. it's investment. you are correct. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. the porps of moving as a nation away from a philosophy toward higher education i've lived importance of the degree. but of course the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years. i would say the federal financial aid system is one of the great success story in the history of the federal government. when our goal was access, we have provided access to higher education for people in the country. like never seen before. in a degree that us value. the income won't be higher. people are graduating with disagrees that make their income no higher. we now have to move from a system that provide access alone to one that incents success so making people's lives better. of course, while it's happening. costs have gone up too. people are now leaving if they don't get a degree most often would too
. >> so deficit or not or maybe especially if we have a national deficit. spending money on pell grants is red investment for our taxpayers. >> yeah. i was going correct you and say it's not spending. it's investment. you are correct. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. the porps of moving as a nation away from a philosophy toward higher education i've lived importance of the degree. but of course the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years. i would say the federal...
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upon taking office, he faced a largest per capita deficit in the country. total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office, he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut from 1995 to 2009. and what's particularly relevant today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut. he tackled reform agenda and a state long been known for one of the nation's widest racial achievement gaps. and the governor took the lead of passing one of the nation's more dramatic education bills signed in maif of 2012. it was public act 12116 and act concerning education reform. some of the packages most significant features required a new teacher evaluation pilot in which 5% of the evaluation will be based on student learning. the governor's package created a commissioner's networking similar to the recovery school direct in louisiana. which is the ability to take authority over 25 of the state's lowest performing schools to date. 11 have been entered to the networking. and increased per pupil charter school funding to $10,500
upon taking office, he faced a largest per capita deficit in the country. total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office, he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut from 1995 to 2009. and what's particularly relevant today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut. he tackled reform agenda and a state long been known for one of the nation's widest racial achievement gaps. and the governor took the lead of passing one of the nation's...
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the largest per-capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue and therefore i had to go in a different direction. when a lot of states were saying we have to cut, realizing that our gap was too big to cut her way out of it and too big to tax her way out of it and had to be a combination of two. someone had to explain what we are trying to do and when it came to education i did that as well. there were a lot of people mad at me and a lot of folks betting a lot of money to try to defeat and organized efforts even though they supported certain aspects of it. it was the total picture they didn't want to see and it might carve out a corner that they like but that was the total picture. somebody has to have the discussion. someone has to have that discussion with the communities and someone has to demonstrate to members of the legislature that you want to work with him and get their input that we need to change directions. go back to hartford new haven ridge ford new london new britain failing to properly educate 40% of their kids. those are some the largest school districts. you can't succe
the largest per-capita deficit representing 17% of total revenue and therefore i had to go in a different direction. when a lot of states were saying we have to cut, realizing that our gap was too big to cut her way out of it and too big to tax her way out of it and had to be a combination of two. someone had to explain what we are trying to do and when it came to education i did that as well. there were a lot of people mad at me and a lot of folks betting a lot of money to try to defeat and...